Novell removes proprietary software from its Linux distribution (Techwack.com)

[Posted August 7, 2006 by cook]

Techwack.com covers Novell's new policy of removing proprietary software from its Linux distributions. "This is to prevent any legal hassles for their users and corporate customers. The company recently launched SuSE Linux Enterprise 10 server and desktop under the GNU General Public License and they are prohibiting Linux distributors from shipping the open-source operating system with proprietary software that hooks to the Linux kernel. These applications usually are proprietary drivers used to run video cards, sound cards, printers or other devices."